Globalizing Media Ethics? An Assessment of Universal Ethics Among International Political Journalists

Who Is a Development Journalist? Perspectives on Media Ethics and Professionalism in Post-Colonial Societies

“…Commitment to these values has also given development journalists a sense of belonging to a global fraternity or community of professionals. This makes them accountable for their actions and gives them protection in the volatile political environments in which they function (Rao & Lee, 2005). Golding (1979) noted that professionalism on Third World journalists' part ''is nothing more than their increasing integration into a community sharing values and standards developed by major Western news media'' (p. 304).…”

“…The phenomenon of development journalism or development media philosophy arises from the belief that journalists in Third World, anticolonial, and post-colonial societies operate with unique sets of realities and are expected to play certain roles that are alien to the norms of Western media systems (Rao & Lee, 2005). It reflects both a descriptive and prescriptive normative philosophy of the media-society relationship in Third World countries (Musa & Okoli, 2001;Musa, 1997).…”

“…In the world of journalism, this is manifested in the dialectic between the simultaneous rise of giant media and diffused individualized media-from ubiquitous corporate persuasion to dialogic communal and Downloaded by [Gebze Yuksek Teknoloji Enstitïsu ] at 13:29 20 December 2014 social networking (Richards, 2004;Silcock, 2002;Lawson-Borders, 2006). Even as the identity, role, and values of journalists in developed countries are being renegotiated in the light of media-morphosis, media-melding, and media functional displacement, the notion of defining development journalists and their responsibilities toward the society are also being challenged by new realities (Rao & Lee, 2005;Biagi, 1999;Cooper, 1990).…”

Novos desafios para uma deontologia jornalística duradoura: o modelo de negócio dos media face às exigências éticas e à participação cidadã

“…Nem sequer mudou agora, com a consolidação global do universo virtual da Internet. É certo que não existe ainda um código universal de ética jornalística, talvez uma possibilidade para o futuro (Herrscher, 2002;Rao & Lee, 2005), mas existe uma receita clara: ser honesto e preciso na interpretação da realidade.…”

New challenges for an enduring code of journalistic ethics: the news media business model in the face of ethical standards and citizen participation

“…Various far-reaching metamorphoses already occurred when the press witnessed the birth of radio and its surprising sound; neither did the mission of the press change with the appearance of the captivating moving images brought by television, and nor has this occurred today, even with the global consolidation of the Internet's potentiality. While it is true that there is no universal code of journalistic ethics, a possible future endeavour (Herrscher, 2002;Rao & Lee, 2005), there is one simple rule: be accurate and honest when interpreting reality.…”